After the Campfire Chat about the midseason update, the developers of Diablo 4 are now releasing the patch notes for patch 1.3.3, which comes on March 5. You can find the full patch notes here on MeinMMO.
Highlights at a glance:
- Patch 1.3.3 arrives in Diablo 4 on Tuesday, March 5 – the developers discussed the updates in the previous “Campfire Chat” livestream.
- With the update, the leaderboards will be introduced in the game, which had several release dates beforehand, but were postponed.
- Additionally, six vampire skills from Season 2 are returning, including “Metamorphosis,” which was described as a fan favorite during the stream.
- The patch will buff all classes, but the seneschal companion will be nerfed, after being buffed with a previous patch.
A feature coming with patch 1.3.3 in Diablo 4, is the leaderboard. Here you can face a new challenge every week: a fixed dungeon, the “Gauntlet,” where you fight for the most powerful loot and a spot on the leaderboard.
This is mainly about strategy and speed. The key in the Gauntlet is how many monsters you kill and how many chests you can open within the 8-minute time limit. The feature starts on March 5.
Diablo 4: The gameplay trailer for Season 3
Patch 1.3.3 buffs all classes but nerfs the seneschal
What does this mean for the classes? With patch 1.3.3, all classes in Diablo 4 will be buffed. This affects class skills, but also the minions of the necromancer and the companions of the druids.
This could make minion builds more interesting for some players. Despite the excitement, many players hope for further buffs for the minions, so that the Summoner-Necro feels useful.
What does this mean for the seneschal? The seneschal companion had a rough start in Season 3 of Diablo 4. Thanks to the buffs, however, many players found him quite useful. An expert showed how he can deal billions of damage with his seneschal.
With the patch, the seneschal companion, which is the main feature in Season 3, will be nerfed. The developers stated the following in the blog post:
We want the seneschal to feel strong, but some skills are simply too strong. Additionally, some unintended interactions will be addressed.
What else does the patch bring? Furthermore, the cost to craft Uber Uniques will be reduced from 5 “exquisite sparks” to 4 sparks. Players had their doubts about the new system, as they first need to find Uber Uniques for crafting to then break them down for the sparks.
In addition to the highlights, there will be several bug fixes, balance adjustments, and tweaks to player profiles. The playtime of the current character will approximately be displayed at the bottom of the profile.
Patch 1.3.3 – Complete Patch Notes
In the patch notes, the developers refer to the vampiric powers returning from the “Season of Blood.” They will have certain changes, “adjusting their power level to the season of constructs.” They are available at all world tiers, on eternal and seasonal realms.
How to specifically acquire the vampiric powers, you can find out here:
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Balance Updates
Unique Items
- Ring of the Starless Skies
- Now shows a buff effect when active.
- Leggings of Regret
- Damage against chilled enemies increased from 7-10% to 12-15%.
- Bracers of the Morning Sky
- Max resistance increased from 6-10% to 8-12%.
- Embrace of the Mother
- Resource refund increased from 20-40% to 30-50%.
Legendary Aspects
- Aspect of Inner Calm
- Maximum damage increased from 30% to 40%.
- Aspect of Vengeance
- Stun chance increased from 8% to 10%.
- Damage against stunned enemies increased from 10-20% to 15-25%.
- Free from the Chains of Fate
- Amount of healed life needed for resource gain decreased from 25% to 20%.
Updates for the Barbarian
Skills:
- Strike
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Rage gain increased from 13 to 15.
- Butchery
- Additional rage increased from 3 to 5.
- Additional rage with two-handed weapons increased from 4 to 10.
- Frenzy
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Mangle
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Rage gain increased from 13 to 15.
- Enhanced Mangle
- Duration of vulnerability increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
- Strategic Stomp
- Ultimate cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
- Strategic Iron Skin
- Fortification value increased from 15% to 20%.
- Supreme Invocation of Ancestors
- Bonus damage increased from 10% to 20%.
Passive Skills:
- Endless Vigor
- Rage gain increased from 7/14/21% to 10/20/30%.
Paragon:
- Glyph: Executor
- Previously: While wielding a polearm, you dealt an additional 10% damage to healthy or injured enemies.
- New: While wielding a polearm, you deal an increased 10% damage.
Legendary Aspects:
- Aspect of the Iron Warrior
- Damage reduction applies to both the servants and the player.
- Aspect of the Bloodbath
- The damage echoed by Blood Surge has been changed from 60-50% less damage to 10-30% less damage.
Unique Items:
- Ghor’s Devastating Grips
- The rank of Whirlwind has been increased from 2-3 to 3-4.
- Damage increased from 16-26% to 25-35%.
Updates for the Druid
Skills:
- Earth Spike
- Spirit gain increased from 13 to 16.
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Improved Earth Spike
- Stun chance increased from 10% to 15%.
- Grim Earth Spike
- Fortification value increased from 8% to 12% of max life.
- Wind Shear
- Spirit gain increased from 14 to 16.
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Wild Wind Shear
- Additional spirit per hit increased from 3 to 4.
- Claw
- Spirit gain increased from 12 to 15.
- Damage increased by 15%.
- Grim Claw
- Damage increased by 30%.
- Pounce
- Spirit gain increased from 17 to 20.
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Enhanced Pounce
- Fortification value increased from 3% to 5% of max life.
- Wild Pounce
- Duration of the knockdown increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
- Wolves
- Passive damage increased by 30%.
- Active damage increased by 45%.
- Poison Vines
- Passive damage increased by 30%.
- Active damage increased by 40%.
- Crows
- Passive damage increased by 30%.
- Active damage increased by 20%.
Passive Skills:
- Quick Transformation
- Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 7/14/21%.
- Bestial Rage
- Damage bonus in Werebear form increased from 30% to 50%.
- Bear Power
- Bonuses for damage and overpower damage increased from 25% to 30%.
- Perfect Storm
- Damage bonus increased from 15% to 20%.
Legendary Aspects:
- Seismic Shift
- Previously: Earth Spike generates spikes in a line and has a cooldown of 2-1 seconds.
- New: Earth Spike deals 35-50% bonus damage, generates spikes in a line, and has a cooldown of 2-1 seconds.
Unique Items:
- Storm Companion
- The rank of Wolves increased from 2-3 to 3-4.
- Damage of Storm Howl increased by 180%.
Updates for the Necromancer
Book of the Dead:
- Skeleton Warriors
- Damage increased by 30%.
- Life increased by 10%.
- Skeleton Reapers
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
- Skeleton Frost Mages
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
- Skeleton Shadow Mages
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
- Skeleton Sacrificial Mages
- Damage increased by 20%.
- Life increased by 10%.
- Golem
- Damage of basic attacks increased by 30%.
- Life increased by 20%.
Skills:
- Blood Surge
- The damage bonus per bled enemy decreased from x10% to x5%.
- Nova damage increased by 40%.
Developer’s Comment: These changes aim to lower the cost of Blood Surge against fewer enemies and increase the overall power of the skill itself in scenarios where it hits multiple enemies.
- Supernatural Blood Surge
- The damage bonus increased from [x]20% to [x]30%.
- Reaper
- Damage dealt increased by 6.5%.
- Reflective damage increased by 20%.
- Improved Reaper
- Damage increased from 40% to 75% of the initial damage of the Reaper.
- Paranormal Reaper
- Duration of vulnerability increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
- Pest
- Impact damage increased by 33.3%.
- Damage over time increased by 10.5%.
- Paranormal Pest
- Duration of the induced immobilization increased from 1.5 to 2.5 seconds.
- Supernatural Pest
- The damage bonus increased from [x]15% to [x]20%.
- Corpse Explosion
- Damage increased by 21.5%.
- Contaminated Corpse Explosion
- The damage bonus increased from 8% to 10%.
- Improved Bone Prison
- Previously: Enemies in a Bone Prison are vulnerable.
- New: Enemies in a Bone Prison become vulnerable for 8 seconds when cast.
- Blood Wave
- Damage increased by 25%.
Passive Skills:
- Approach of Death (previously Deathly Range)
- Previously: You deal 4% more damage to distant enemies.
- New: You gain 4/8/12% movement speed.
- Spiked Armor
- Previously: You gain 0.1/0.2/0.3 thorns.
- New: You gain 0.1/0.2/0.3 thorns and 5/10/15% additional armor.
- Embrace of Death
- Damage reduction from nearby enemies increased from 3/6/9% to 4/8/12%.
- Possessed Commander
- Damage bonus increased from x10/20/30% to 15/30/45%.
- Stunning Darkness
- Previously: Lucky hits: Darkness skills have a chance of up to 15% to stun enemies for 1 second.
- New: Lucky hits: Darkness skills have a chance of up to 15% to stun enemies for 1/2/3 seconds and deal 0.2 shadow damage.
Paragon:
- Legendary Node: Cult Leader
- Bonus damage from servants per 20% attack speed increased from 10% to 15%.
- Glyph: Physical
- Previous extra bonus: You and your servants deal 10% more physical damage.
- New: You and your servants deal 10% more physical damage and you gain 1% movement speed for each active servant.
Legendary Aspects:
- Aspect of Hardened Bones
- The damage reduction applies to both the servants and the player.
- Aspect of the Bloodbath
- The damage echoed by Blood Surge has been changed from 60-50% less damage to 10-30% less damage.
Updates for the Sorceress
Skills:
- Flame Death
- Damage increased by 40%.
- Improved Flame Death
- Burn radius damage increased from 25% to 50%.
- Destructive Flame Death
- Value for enemy damage reduction increased from 25% to 30%.
- Great Flame Death
- Duration of immobilization increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
- Hydra
- Damage increased by 15%.
- Ball Lightning
- Damage increased by 10%.
Passive Skills:
- Frosty Veil
- Duration of barrier increased from 5% to 8%.
- Shock Frost
- Lucky hit chance increased from 3% to 5%.
- Soul Fire
- Previously: When you stand still for 1.5 seconds, your Pyromancy skills cost 5/10/15% less mana.
- New: Your Pyromancy skills cost 4% less mana and deal 2% more damage. These bonuses double when you remain still for 2 seconds.
- Earthquake
- Damage increased from 40% to 45%.
- Shocking Effect
- Damage increased by 33%.
Paragon:
- Glyph: Frostbite
- Damage reduction increased from 13% to 15%.
- Glyph: Invocation
- Damage reduction stacks increased from 12% to 15%.
- Glyph: Stalagmite
- Critical hit chance increased from 10% to 20%.
- Glyph: Enchanter
- The damage per 5 acquired intelligence points in range increased from +1.3% to +2% and caps at +10%.
- Glyph: Summoner
- The damage per 5 acquired intelligence points in range increased from +2.6% to +3% and caps at +15%.
- Glyph: Unleashed
- Damage and mana regeneration increased from 6.7% to 7%.
Legendary Aspects:
- Of Scorching Protection
- Mana costs reduced from 100-200 to 75-125.
- Of Overwhelming Current
- Chance increased from 10-20% to 15-30%.
Updates for the Hunter
Skills:
- Heartseeker
- Attack speed increased by 20%.
- Developer’s Comment: The interrupt frames for strength have been reduced from 20 to 16.
- Powerful Arrow
- Attack speed increased by 20%.
- Developer’s Comment: The interrupt frames for strength have been reduced from 20 to 16.
- Blade Storm
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Skilled Blade Storm
- Previously: When Blade Storm hits a vulnerable enemy, all enemies hit by this cast become vulnerable for 3 seconds.
- New: Blade Storm deals x20% increased damage against vulnerable enemies. When Blade Storm hits a vulnerable enemy, all enemies hit by this cast become vulnerable for 3 seconds.
- Evolved Blade Storm
- Previously: When you dash through an enemy, your next Blade Storm will stun enemies for 2.5 seconds.
- New: When you dash through an enemy, your next Blade Storm deals x30% increased damage and stuns enemies for 2.5 seconds.
- Rapid Fire
- Damage increased by 10%.
- Rain of Arrows
- Damage increased by 10%.
Passive Skills:
- Precision
- The stacks required for bonuses were reduced from 6 to 4.
Paragon:
- Glyph: Infusion
- Cooldown reduction increased from 0.5 seconds to 1 second.
Legendary Aspects:
- Of Surrounding Blades
- Damage bonus increased from 8-15% to 15-22%.
- Of Diverging Salvos
- Previously: The arrows from Barrage had a 15-25% chance to split into two arrows each time they bounced.
- New: The damage dealt by the bouncing arrows from Barrage has increased from 40% to 60-80%. Additionally, the bouncing arrows from Barrage now have a 40-60% chance to split into 2 arrows each time they bounce.
- Shadow Reaver
- Damage increased from 80-100% base damage to 200-300%.
Unique Items:
- Adlerhorn
- Damage bonus increased from 20-40% to 40-60%.
- Eyes in the Dark
- Bonus damage from Death Trap increased from 30-50% to 50-70%.
- Windling Band of Deceit
- Cooldown for summoning a Shadow Decoy trap reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.
- Damage of Shadow Decoy trap increased by 20%.
Updates for the Seneschal
- Poison Support
- Poison Support no longer reapplies damage bonuses from the construct when it spreads. This adjusts its functionality to match that of other damage-over-time tuning stones.
- Bleeding Support
- Bonus bleed damage reduced from 20% to 10%.
- Burning Support
- Bonus critical hit damage reduced from 20% to 10%.
- Bonus to critical hit damage per skill rank reduced from 2% to 1%.
- Whirlwind
- Storm Ranger no longer receives bonus damage or bonus duration when the skill is reapplied or spreads.
Updates to Player Profiles
- The equipped skills of players are now displayed in their profiles.
- Equipped emblems are now displayed in the header of player profiles.
- The applied cosmetic name and where it was earned will be displayed in the tooltips of items that have been transmogrified.
- Under “Edit Profile,” players can select seals they earned during the current week to display them on their profile and profile card.
- The playtime of the current character will be displayed at the bottom of the profile.
Bug Fixes
Gameplay and Interface
- A bug has been fixed that caused the seneschal to gain double the benefits from skills that grant allies bonuses, such as War Cry for Barbarians or Blood Howl for Druids.
- A bug has been fixed that caused attacks switching from melee to crossbow to double the bonuses from the passive Hunter skills for Precision and Weapon Mastery.
- A bug has been fixed that prevented interaction with some quest objects, such as Lyndon’s Supplies in the quest Discretionary Expenditures, when sitting on a mount.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the camera not to reset when players died during the encounter with the Echo of Lilith while the camera was zoomed out.
- A bug has been fixed that prevented the aspect of the Moloch from applying armor when players were mounted.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the guaranteed overwheming by the Druid skill Enhanced Pulverize not to activate immediately upon reaching 12 stacks.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the chance for Skeleton Reapers of Necromancers to create a corpse to be based on lucky hits instead of a percentage.
- A bug has been fixed that caused Bone Shards cast from the aspect of the Shard Geist not to receive the corresponding vulnerability effect.
- A bug has been fixed that caused thorns when applying lucky hits to be inconsistent. (Thorns could for example trigger Abominable Aging but not Shredded Flesh).
- A bug has been fixed that caused the legendary Paragon node “Cult Leader” to not grant bonus damage correctly based on servant attack speed.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the rotting aspect not to summon additional corpses.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the legendary Sorceress Paragon effects Ice Cold Fate and Elementalist to not function correctly with the aspect of the elements.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the passive skill Fiery Wave to not grant as much mana regeneration as it should.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the bonus damage from Improved Crows’ Feet to be applied more often than planned when stacking Crows’ Feet on a single enemy multiple times.
- A bug has been fixed that caused Improved Crows’ Feet to deal less damage against bosses than expected.
- Multiple bug fixes to legendary aspects that caused players to always receive the effect of the first equipped aspect when wearing double aspects, ignoring the rule of applying only the strongest equipped aspect.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the effect of Vyr’s Mastery to remain active when you forgot it while wearing the aspect of the Mage Lord.
- A bug has been fixed that caused a power that granted a bonus value based on another value to not adjust again after the temporary bonus expired.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the profile editing to also trigger adding a friend.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the damage threshold in the description of Improved Crows’ Feet to be missing.
- A bug has been fixed that caused Heldam, the quest-giver NPC for Guardians of the Pit, to disappear while the Hell Tide was active in that area.
- Various improvements to performance, user interface, aesthetics, and stability.
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What do you think of the patch? Are you satisfied with the planned changes to the classes? Feel free to leave us a comment.
What impact the changes will have for builds remains to be seen. It is especially exciting to see if more players will play a minion build of the necromancer, or try out other classes and builds.
Recently, we asked you which class you believe is the strongest for a solo run in Diablo 4. You can see the evaluation here: Diablo 4: The best solo classes in the ranking – You voted
